I have to wear a gel type cap on my thumb sort of like a shock absorber. If the pain is still present by Sept 16, then surgery will be scheduled to move the nerve on that side of the thumb. So far, it's getting worse. The shock absorber thing-y kind of reminds me that it's there and to not use that part of the thumb but sometimes my brain is slower than my movements so to speak and BAM! I use it and the shock feeling shoots up my arm and also to the tip of the thumb. OUCH!